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Excerpt: "I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed" (Gen. 48:11).
In the chapter from which the above is a quotation, the aged patriarch Jacob recalls some of the prominent incidents in connection with his eventful but troubled career. Among these are two which stand out from all the rest: the appearance of God to him at Luz and the death of Rachel. The one occurred at the beginning of his wanderings, the other at the close. The event which was associated with his greatest blessing, and the one which proved to be his deepest sorrow, both rise up before him in the closing moments of his life.
It is hard, sometimes, to reconcile these two phases of life: the rich unmerited blessing which God confers, on the one hand, and all that He seems to deny us, or take from us, on the other. In the one case, Jacob can say, "God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me", and yet he cannot help recalling the tragic end of Rachel, in words of pathetic import: "As for me, . . . Rachel died by me . . . in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath."
Table of Contents
The God Who Exceeds Our Thought 3
Growing Understanding of "Divine Excess" 7
Comprehending His Purpose 9
Jacob's Mistake 11
Divine Strength in Time of Weakness 13
Above All Expectations 16